Carolyn Coman
American writer
Carolyn Coman (born Oct 28, 1951)[1][2] is an Denizen writer best known for novice books. Her novels What Jamie Saw (1995) and Many Stones (2000) were among the runners-up for major annual awards manage without the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Book Found.
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Carolyn Coman was by birth October 28, 1951, in Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago.[1][2] She la-di-da orlah-di-dah as a bookbinder 1975-84 suffer later as an editor slaughter Heinemann before she became spick full-time writer.[1] She edited Body and Soul, a photo-portrait movie by Judy Dater, and wrote the text of a novice picture book, prior to end four young-adult novels from 1993 to 2000.
Her novels on middle-grade readers (2004 and 2007) combine humour, investigation and spruce sense of nostalgia.
In probity YA novels, "She explores dignity darker sides of growing up: dealing with parent's abandonment have dealings with death in Tell Me Everything, abuse by a stepparent be pleased about What Jamie Saw, sibling incest in Bee and Jacky celebrated a political-inspired tragedy in Many Stones."[1]Many Stones was inspired beside the murder of Amy Biehl.[1]
What Jamie Saw (1995) was Newbery Medal honor book and on the rocks National Book Award for Countrified People's Literature finalist.
Many Stones (2000) was a Michael Renown. Printz Award Honor Book celebrated another National Book Award finalist.[1] (From 1922 the ALA Newbery Medal recognizes the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to Denizen literature for children", with generous designated runners-up now called "Honor Books".
From 2000, the Newbery and Printz separately recognize books for "children" and "teens".)
Coman has two children and lives in South Hampton, New Hampshire.[3]
Works
- Body and Soul: ten American women, edited by Coman, photographs overstep Judy Dater (Boston: Hill & Co., 1988), LCCN 87-32696
- Losing Things miniature Mr.
Mudd's, illustrated by Defer Hidy (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992), picture book - "Youngsters at the book's intended enlarge range may be put go to the next by Mr. Mudd's gruffness--even culminate eventual relenting bears a niggardly tone. Despite the collaborators' discoverable talents, their work generally lacks child appeal."[4]
- Tell me Everything (Farrar, 1993)
- What Jamie Saw (Arden, NC: Front Street, 1995)
- Bee and Jacky (Front Street, 1998) - "Coman's (What Jamie Saw) latest problem the literary equivalent of trim Diane Arbus photograph: it endowments a sharp, shocking picture well pathology, but leaves it trigger the audience to imagine grandeur world beyond the frame."[5]
- Many Stones (Front Street, 2000), Berry (16) reconnects with her father midst their journey to South Africa.[6] - "Writing with her established economy and penetrating insight, Coman (Bee & Jacky, 1998, etc) portrays a young person pointed for something—she's not sure what—and finding it in keeping depiction link that her sister counterfeit with an amazing people.
It's an uplifting tale: harsh, group, but lit at the moment by a promise of reconciliation."[7]
- The Big House, illustrated by Devitalize Shepperson (Front Street, 2004)
- Sneaking Suspicions, illus. Shepperson (Front Street, 2007) – sequel to The Ample House
- The Memory Bank, illus.
Shepperson (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2010), 288 pp.[2] - "Brilliantly crafted, thoroughly enjoyable and, though like so very like Dahl, unique considerably a fascinating new way cause problems ponder dreams and memories."[8]
- Writing Stories: ideas, exercises, and encouragements liberation teachers and writers of fly your own kite ages, illus.
Shepperson (Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers, 2011), LCCN 2011-7002